Programme Index

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Prayer
Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven
(S.P. 623; A. and M. 298; C.H. 21, omitting v. 4; P. and H. 24: Tune, Praise my soul)
Interlude: Prayers of the Bible. 2-
' Asking for Forgiveness '
Prayers: the Prayer for Forgiveness; the Lord's Prayer
Breathe on me, breath of God (S.P.
458; A. and M. 671; C.H. 194; P. and H. 94: Tune, Carlisle)
Blessing

TIME AND TUNE, by Kay Foster. (BBC recording)
11.20 HOW THINGS BEGAN. Mesopotamia. 1—Metalsmiths of the Bronze Age. Script by Rhoda Power. (BBC recording)
11.40 TALKS FOR SIXTH FORMS. Existentialism. I-The Philosophy of the Absurd: Sartre, by Alasdair Mac-Intyre.

Contributors

Unknown:
Kay Foster.
Script By:
Rhoda Power.

Derbyshire v. Middlesex
Sussex v. Glamorgan
Last Day
Commentary by Rex Alston from Mona Road Ground , Burton upon Trent, and Brian Johnston from the County Ground, Hove

Contributors

Commentary By:
Rex Alston
Unknown:
Mona Road Ground
Unknown:
Brian Johnston

From the many broadcasts on BBC sound and television during the past seven days Gale Pedrick selects highlights that listeners may have missed or may like to hear again
Introduced by John Ellison
Edited by John Haslam

Contributors

Introduced By:
John Ellison
Edited By:
John Haslam

TRAVEL TALKS. Fruit-picking in Tasmania. Script by John Moore. (BBC recording)
2.20 THE BIBLE AND LIFE. Learning about God. I-Finding God in Nature. Script by Muriel Hardill. (BBC recording)
2.40 SENIOR ENGLISH i. ' The Island of Sheep ' by John Buchan , adapted for broadcasting by John Keir Cross. 1-' Haraldsen '

Contributors

Script By:
John Moore.
Script By:
Muriel Hardill.
Unknown:
John Buchan
Broadcasting By:
John Keir Cross.

For the Younger Ones
Joy Worth reads from
• The Story of Dr. Dolittle ' by Hugh Lofting
Being the History of his Peculiar Life at Home ami Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts, told by Hugh Lofting
2-' The Great Journey '
5.10 For Older Listeners
' The Underwater Helicopter
An adventure by Alick Hayes set 6,000 fathoms deep on the ocean bed
2-' Bother in the Bathyscaphe '
Produced by Herbert Smith
5.40 For Older Listeners
Sama *
The story of an elephant by Rene Guillot translated by Gwen Marsh
Reader, David Lloyd James
2—' Mali of the Sacred Pool'

Contributors

Unknown:
Hugh Lofting
Told By:
Hugh Lofting
Unknown:
Alick Hayes
Produced By:
Herbert Smith
Unknown:
Rene Guillot
Translated By:
Gwen Marsh
Reader:
David Lloyd James
Christine Poynton:
Sara Aimson
Franz Aczel:
Geoffrey Banks
Professor O'Brien:
Bryden Murdoch
Dr Helen Mitchell:
Barbara Greenhalgh
Captain Roberts:
Graham Tennant
Bob Salew:
Alan Rothwell
Bill Jackson:
Leonard Williams
Henry Parr:
Frank Poynter
Tom Bather:
Fred Fairclough

BBC Home Service Basic

About BBC Home Service

BBC Home Service is a radio channel that started transmitting on the 1st September 1939 and ended on the 29th September 1967.

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